Juan Santamaría Airport in Costa Rica Ranks Among the Five Best Airports in the World

Juan Santamaría International Airport (AIJS), has established itself as a regional and global benchmark in passenger experience management by achieving Level 5 Customer Experience (CX) certification from the Airports Council International (ACI)....

Mexico vs Ecuador friendly set for October 14 at Akron – Live Test for 2026 World Cup

Ecuador court rejects final legal challenge against Silvercorp’s El Domo project

The Ecuador Constitutional Court has unanimously rejected the final legal challenge against the environmental licence for Silvercorp Metals’ El Domo mining project. The El Domo project sets a precedent in Ecuador as the first in the country to...

Ecuador’s Cajas highlands brace for gold rush as Loma Larga mine clears last hurdle

Canadian miner Dundee Precious Metals secured an environmental license to exploit the Loma Larga deposit in Ecuador’s Cajas páramo, alarming scientists along with residents who depend on the high-altitude wetland for water. Douwe den Held and...

Irishman dies in Ecuador prison after being held over six-figure cocaine bust

Midlands man (64) had been arrested alongside his son Stock image Today at 06:30 An Irishman has died in Ecuador, where he was being held in prison following a €600,000 cocaine smuggling bust. The 64-year-old and his son, who are from the...

Ecuador: CONAIE Accuses Noboa of Undermining Constitutional Court’s Independence

Constitutiona Court headquarters in Quito, Ecuador. X/ @Expedientes_ec August 6, 2025 Hour: 1:32 pm On Wednesday, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) accused President Daniel Noboa of attempting to delegitimize and...

El Chapo’s bloodthirsty cartel kingpin pal El Mayo who flooded US with cocaine & murdered rivals will ‘die behind bars’

A NOTORIOUS Mexican cartel kingpin, former head of El Chapo's empire, has admitted flooding the US with cocaine over fifty years - and said: "I'm sorry." Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 77, pleaded guilty to drugs trafficking charges after one of the...

Canadians Charles Jourdain, Kyle Prepolec added to UFC Fight Night card in Vancouver

Canadians Charles (Air) Jourdain and Kyle (Killshot) Prepolec have been added to the Oct. 18 UFC Fight Night card in Vancouver. Jourdain (16-8-1) will face English bantamweight (Dangerous) Davey Grant (17-7-0) while Prepolec (18-9-0) meets veteran...

Ecuador’s golden opportunity: Sunstone Metals taps into a rising copper-gold trend

Global copper demand is rising sharply, driven by the accelerating shift towards renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Studies predict a 70% increase in global copper demand by 2050, with annual growth potentially...

Ecuador Sets Sail for La Mar de Músicas 2026

The 31st edition of La Mar de Músicas will take place in Cartagena from 17 to 25 July 2026, with Ecuador as the guest country. The announcement came during the closing night of the 2025 festival, which focused on South Korea, following the...

Cleveland high school students deliver 3D-printed limbs to Ecuador

A team of six Cleveland Metropolitan School District high school students has returned from a trip to Ecuador to deliver 3D-printed prosthetic limbs to 20 children. Using 3D printers keeps costs low — a key barrier in providing the devices to...

Coast Guard, Navy Seize Nearly 1,300 Pounds of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific

By Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Roberson Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 105, embarked aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson, seized 1,296 pounds of cocaine from a suspected drug smuggling vessel in...

México enfrentará a Ecuador en Guadalajara como parte de la preparación para el Mundial 2026

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — Como parte de su preparación para el Mundial de 2026, la selección de México enfrentará a la de Ecuador en la occidental ciudad de Guadalajara en la fecha FIFA de octubre, informaron el martes los organizadores. El encuentro se...

Brasil, El Salvador y Ecuador: los tres capítulos del informe de DD.HH. que exhiben la política de Trump para América Latina

Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El informe del Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. sobre los derechos humanos en el mundo correspondiente a 2024 incluye críticas hacia países con cuyos gobiernos el presidente Donald Trump mantiene tensiones y, en...

Electric car sales surge in Ecuador with tax incentives and growing demand

Members receive weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Start your subscription today for just $1 for the first month. (Regular subscription options $4.99/month or $42/year/) Click here to subscribe. Sales in the electric...

Ecuador's Constitutional Court blocks Noboa's initiatives

Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 21:46 UTC The ruling is temporary, pending a final decision on the matter, so Noboa still stands a chance of applying them at a later time Ecuador's Constitutional Court has provisionally suspended several articles from...

Brazil names squad without Neymar, Vinicius for World Cup Qualifiers

Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti did not recall Neymar and spared Vinicius Junior for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia next month, with Lucas Paqueta returning to the national team. The 33-year-old Neymar, who returned to Santos in...

Florida officials announce crackdown on undocumented truck drivers amid fallout from fatal crash

Florida officials on Monday announced a surge in immigration enforcement at semi-truck checkpoints after a fatal August crash killed three people and thrust the state into a national fight over undocumented drivers. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton...

Mexico deny reports of Argentina friendly, confirms Ecuador

Gunmen Kill Eight in Ecuador Nightclub Attack

A nightclub shooting in Ecuador has left eight people dead and three others injured, police said. Officers were called to the Santa Lucía venue in the early hours of Sunday, where they found seven people already dead after gunmen opened fire. An...